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L. L. COOK.

CANT HOOK.

N0. 378,886. Patented Feb. 21, 1888.

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LElVIS L. 060K, OF KN'APPS GREEK, VISGONSIN.

CANT HOOK.

CEPECIPICATZON forming part of Letters Patent No. 378,386, dated February 21. 1888- Applicntion filed July 11,1887.

To ctZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, LEWIS L. COOK, a citizen ot' the United States, residing at Knapps Creek, in the county of Crawford and State of \Visconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cant-Hooks, of which the following is aspeeitication, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in cant-hooks; and the invention consists in the peculiar construction, arrangement, and combination of the various parts, all as more fullyhereinal'ter set forth.

Fignrelis a side elevation. Fig. 2is a central longitudinal section. Fig. 3 is a perspective View of the hook and stock detached. Fig. 4 is a diagram showing application of canthook.

In the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, A represents the statl' or stock, and has rigidly secured to it near its lower end the bracket B, between the cars a of which the hook O is properly fulcrnincd. This hook is prcicrably made of bar-steel bent upon itself so as to form an eye in which to secure the spur D by riveting or in any other convenient manner.

The two bars which form the body of the hook are riveted together, as shown, but near the heel they are again separated, as at Z, so as to form bearings for the pivot-pin and to serve as braces to prevent the book from bending sidewise. The two ends of the bars are then again brought together, as shown, forming a heel which projects into aslot, 0, formed in the plate E. This plate is provided with two flanges, d, the edges of which are toothed, as shown. The plate is designed to have a sliding movement upon the stock between the ears of the bracket, and it is further guided and held in position by means of a headed pin, F, which passes through a slot, 0, into Serial No. 243,016.

the stock.

The cars of the bracket B are con- (No model.)

nected together by pins or rivetsf, to prevent such cars from spreading, while at the same time they limit the radial movement of the hook.

The toe of the stock is provided with a doublespurred metallic cap, G, to prevent slipping when the stock is used as a pikepole or a pinch-bar.

In practice the operator places the toe of the staff upon the top of the log to be turned, resting upon the toothed flanges of the plate E, which is in its normal posit-ion extended toward the toe of the staff, with the hook hanging nearly vertically downward. By now pushing forward upon the stock the plate E is compelled to slide, and, acting upon the heel of the hook, compels it to radially swing upward, the spur or point engaging with the under side of the log. By now raising or lifting the outer end of the stock the log can readily be turned, and the harder the lift the more firmly the hook will engage with the log.

\Vhat I claim as my invention is- 1. In combination with the stock or staff of a eanthook, a radially-swinging hook, it toothed sliding plate, and a bracket on said stock forming a guide for said plate and as a support for the fulcrum of the hook, substantially as described.

2. In a cant-hook, the combination of the stock A, provided with the bracket B, the hook G, fnlcrnnied between the ears of said bracket, and sliding plate E, provided with toothed flanges, when constructed, arranged, and operating substantially in the manner and for the purposes described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature, in presence of two witnesses, this 25th day of June, 1887.

LEXVlS L. COOK.

Witnesses:

Jas. E. DAVIS, D. A. Jaoonsox. 

